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Fire Tornado, Fire Devil, Whatever—Just Look at This Swirling Column of Fire

New York's state climatologist and a professor of atmospheric sciences at Cornell University, the columns of dust are more similar to a dust devil

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Unusual, Odd, and Curious Science Honored Tonight in This Year’s Ig Nobel Awards

The 22nd annual Ig Nobel awards kick off tonight, highlighting odd but interesting scientific research

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Why Is a Russian Crater Teeming with Diamonds?

A meteorite impact 35 million years ago filled a Russian crater with diamonds

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The Best Bits of XKCD’s Really, Really Big Comic

Cartoonist Randall Munroe designed a giant world that can be explored in the comic by clicking and dragging

Clerics take part in a protest against innocence of Muslims, an anti-Islamic film

Cartoons of Mohammed, Anti-Jihad Subway Ads and Other Provocations, Past and Future

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Who Really Has Six Percent Body Fat Anyway?

Paul Ryan shouldn't be ashamed of his body fat, it's probably lower than the average male, but it's definitely not six percent

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The Deadly Side of Moonshine

The Czech Republic is issuing a ban on all alcoholic drinks with a 20% or higher alcohol content in the wake of 20 deaths

The library Hermitage of St. Bernardine, in Stroud, New South Wales.

Internet Library Archived Every Last Bit of News That 20 Channels Produced Over Three Years

The Internet Archive has collected ALL of the TV news from the past three years

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Top Harvard Scholar Discovers 4th-Century Text Fragment That Suggests Jesus Was Married

Researcher Karen King announced today the stunning discovery that could is sure to send shock waves through the Christian world

Proud Panda Parents Mei Xiang and Tian Tian

Meet the National Zoo’s Newest Panda Cub

Giant panda Mei Xiang gave birth to a panda cub at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C.

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What’s the Deal With the NFL’s Replacement Referees?

Here's what you need to know about how and why the NFL has turned to replacement referees during contract negotiations

The ruins at Mohenjo-Daro, built by an ancient Indus Valley Civilization.

Flooding in Pakistan Threatens Remains of 4500-Year-Old Civilization

Strong flooding fueled by the annual monsoon threatens the ancient town of Mohenjo-Daro

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Spielberg’s ‘Lincoln’ Nails the President’s Surprising, High Voice

For his new movie role as Abraham Lincoln, Daniel Day-Lewis obviously did his homework

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What We Do (And Don’t) Know About the Movie Muslim Innocence

Everything you thought you knew about Sam Bacile, the movie , and the riots, is probably wrong

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Remembering When JFK Sent Us to the Moon

President Kennedy bolstered American support for his mission to the Moon with a speech at Rice University in 1962

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US Official Killed in Libya Mourned by Online Gaming Community

To friends around the world, fallen U.S. State Official was better known as "Vile Rat," his moniker in the online gaming community to which he was an avid participant

How an Obscure Video Sparked International Protests

Sam Bacile's movie was hardly seen at all in the United States, yet it incited a string of riots and the assassination of an American ambassador

Dirty Curiosity Rover Could Seed Mars With Earthly Bacteria

Curiosity is loaded with bacteria, and it could contaminate Mars

100 years ago, this would have been the only car fast enough to drive on Texas’ new highway.

100 Years Ago, Henry Ford Would Have Been The Only Driver on Texas’ New 85 MPH Highway

Texas' new highway will have a speed limit of 85 mph

Oil hangs in the water following the blow-out of the Macondo well, June 19, 2010.

How Scientists Know the Tar Balls Hurricane Isaac Dredged Up Came From the BP Oil Spill

Scientists confirm that oil strewn by hurricane Isaac derived from BP's blown-out Macondo well

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